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Fabaceae
Mung bean
Vigna radiata
Also known as Moong bean, Green gram, Golden gram, Azukia radiata
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Mung bean is a fast-growing warm-season legume that is easy to grow in any sunny garden bed or container. Sow seeds directly into well-draining soil after the last frost and water consistently through flowering and pod development. Harvest seeds when pods turn black for culinary use, or sprout seeds indoors year-round on a damp tray.
Growing conditions
The details behind the basics
- Daily light
- 6 hours
- Watering
- Water moderately to keep soil consistently moist but never waterlogged; reduce watering as pods mature · Every 5-7 days
- Maintenance
- Low
- Soil
- loam
- Soil pH
- 6–6.9
- Temperature
- -20°F to 95°F
- Cycle
- Perennial
- Propagation
- Seed
Hardiness
USDA 3a-11b
Form & growth
Mature size and habit
- Mature height
- 12 in – 10 ft
- Spread
- 3 ft
- Spacing
- 6 in apart
- Growth rate
- Fast
- Root depth
- Deep
- Flowers
- Brown, Yellow, Green
- Foliage
- Green · Coarse
Ecology & origin
Where it belongs and what it brings
- Native to
- Angola, Assam, Bangladesh, Benin, Burkina, Cambodia, Cameroon, Chad, China North-Central, China South-Central, China Southeast, Christmas I., Comoros, Congo, East Himalaya, Ethiopia, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Hainan
- Attracts
- Bees, Butterflies
Sources: trefle
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